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The likely war between Iran and Saudi Arabia
With a view to better understanding what might happen in the future between the Shi’ite Republic of Iran and the Wahhabi and Sunni stronghold...
India-Russia nuclear deal & the dynamics of World Politics
The great powers particularly the de-jure status holders under the NPT framework that only confers the nuclear status to those states who acquired the...
The Russian Federation’ strategic equation in Syria
How are the Russian-Syrian operations and the operations of the United States and its coalition in Syria going and, more importantly, what can we...
Overview of Russia`s activities in Africa in the past year
In its end-of-year official report, the Russian Foreign Ministry indicated that Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has made a...
Challenges and Opportunities for Russia after the North Korean Hydrogen Bomb Test
Even in situations where diplomatic negotiations over the North Korean nuclear weapons program are handled in a largely bilateral level, there is still often...
The recent death sentences in Saudi Arabia
On January 3, 2016 Saudi Arabia sentenced to death, among others, Nimr al Nimr, aged 56, the Shi’ite Imam on its territory, and the...
Russia-Turkey Relations moving towards Tension or Truce?
The Cold War styled insulation erupted once again after Turkey allegedly shot down a Russian jet violating its airspace and brusquely after the incident,...
Putin sends New Year’s message to Zuma
President Vladimir Putin has said in a New Year's message to South African President Jacob Zuma that Moscow is looking for strengthening economic cooperation...
Putin’s Problems
There has been much to-do in recent months and years about what have appeared to many to be Vladimir Putin’s bold, aggressive moves in...
Essay on the Saudi–Sunni union
In mid-December 2015, exactly on December 14, Saudi Arabia announced the creation of a broad anti-ISIS alliance including 34 Gulf, Middle East, African and...